Tightening of grip on slavery meaning

1664

•  No Christian can be held in slavery.  

1681-1683

•   Slaves may not leave their masters’ houses without permission.  

•   Slaves may not own weapons.  

•   Slaves may not gather in groups larger than four.  

•   White people and free black people may not entertain slaves in their homes.  

•   White people and free black people may not sell liquor to slaves.  

1692

•   Slaves who make noise in the street on Sundays will be whipped.  

1697

•   People of African descent may not be buried in the town cemetery.  

1702

•   Slaves may not gather in groups larger than three.  

•   Slaves who break this law will receive 40 lashes on the naked back.  

•   Masters may punish their slaves for any misdeed in any way they wish except killing them or cutting off their limbs.  

1706

•   Masters are no longer obligated to free slaves who convert to Christianity.  

•   Children born to enslaved women are slaves for life.  

1707

•   Newly freed black people may not own or inherit land.  

1708

•   Any slave who murders his or her master will be tortured and killed.  

•   Any slave who plots with others to murder his or her master will be tortured and killed.  

1712

•   Any slave who plots with others to revolt will be tortured and killed.  

•   No slave can ever own a gun or pistol.  

•   No black person who becomes free after 1712 may own a house or pass property on to their children.  

•   To free a slave, the master must pay a 200-pound bond, to cover the costs should the freed slave ever become a public charge.  

1713

•   No slave 14 years or older may go out after dark without a lantern.

1722

•   Funerals for slaves and free African Americans must be held during daylight.

1731

•   Slaves could not gamble for money

•   Slaves who rode a horse too fast or dangerously in the city could be whipped

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